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Giveaways

Enter to Win a Copy of 'Handmade Chic'!
One lucky reader will win a copy of this new book by Laura Bennett.

Playlists

Lauren Bowles' Balance With Sara Ivanhoe
As featured in the January/February 2012 issue of VIVmag, for 10 years Lauren Bowles, from HBO’s hot series True

Recipes

Golden Rice with Cauliflower, Nuts, Dried Fruit and Indian Spices
Take a trip to India with this fragrant rice dish, a perfect pairing of sweet and savory.

Events

VIVmag wins two int'l magazine awards

VIVmag, the all digital luxury magazine for women earns two international awards. The tradition of creating excellence in digital magazine publishing continues as VIVmag has won the Digital Magazine Awards 2010 - Silver Award for Lifestyle Magazine of the Year while also sharing in Photographer of the Year for their - March/ April VIV cover shot by Alexx Henry. DIGITAL MAGAZINE AWARDS - SILVER
VIV Moments

Merrie Okie




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Hometown

Santa Maria, CA

Joie de VIVre

Painting, summers on Kauai, traveling, gardening with my sons, reading while eating chocolate, floating in the sea, feeding monkeys bananas in Bali, collecting peacock feathers and scuba diving.

VIV Moment

The night of my son’s birth I was wheeled into a supply room because there were no birthing rooms available. It seemed that everyone decided to have their babies at the same time that night.

When my husband asked the nurse for my epidural, the nurse said, “Honey, this baby is coming right now.” On hearing that news, I had a little talk with myself. I just knew my inner strength was so strong and that my body would do exactly as it was supposed to do. I had no fear of the pain or the surprise of how quickly my baby was arriving.

I had this incredible moment of getting in touch with my whole spirit and knowing my power as a woman was absolutely amazing.

I have often revisited that moment in time to remind myself of my own strength and the mind-body connection. My healthy son (9 pounds, 2 ounces) had 10 toes and 10 tiny fingers.

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